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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Spring Mushroom Soup with Aromatic Vegetables

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Our normally beautiful spring has been erratic this year. Rain, that should have stopped weeks ago, continues to fall unpredictably and we've been pelted with stinging hail that makes local farmers shudder, and guarantees a late harvest in an area that's dependent on agricultural income and the jobs it provides. Their jobs may appear to be bucolic but they're surely not stress free, or, for that matter, guaranteed. To make matters worse, one of our local TV stations has a maniacal forecaster who, I swear to God, smiles whenever there's bad weather to report. Now I know he's young and been taught to be personable on air, but it gets to be a bit much at times. Were a tidal wave to hit the coast or a comet race towards earth, I'm certain he'd report it with a smile. Normally, at this time of year I've moved on to much lighter fare, but there have been days this spring when that smile of his has warned of weather that's cold and damp enough to warrant a warming soup. While I've drawn a line of sorts in the sand and refuse to make our winter favorites, I have been experimenting with lighter and quicker soups to ease the spring chill. This wonderful soup is an example of that lighter fare. It was inspired by one Emeril Lagasse created for Good Morning America years ago. I really like this and I think those of you who try it will like it, too. It uses a handful of everyday ingredient and can be on the table in an hour or less, depending on your knife skills. No special instructions are required to make this delicious, mostly mushroom soup. Here's the recipe.

Directions:1) In a Dutch oven or soup pot, heat butter and oil over medium high heat until hot. Add bacon and cook, stirring, until bacon is crisp and golden brown, about 5 minutes.2) Add onions, celery, and carrots and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until mushrooms release their liquid and have begun to brown around edges, about 5 minutes.3) Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add chicken stock, thyme, salt and pepper and stir to combine.4) Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.Remove from heat. Stir in peas and cream and let sit for 5 minutes before serving. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

Oh I love soup and especially mushroom soup! I love how colorful and hearty this bowl of soup looks! Yummy... I was hoping & praying for rain in the midst of this heatwave we've been having, and we got fabulous rain last night! :)

I have been looking for a recipe to use up the huge batch of chicken broth that I just made, along with the miscellaneous veggies that are overflowing my veggie drawer. This sounds perfect! I'll give it a shot and blog it on dishingthedivine if I like it. :)

Mary, that soup must be flavorful with the aromatic veggies and the herb in this mushroom soup. Roll into spring with this aromatic mushroom soup. I like it and have KIV it for my next soup project :)have a wonderful weekend,Elin

This looks so yummy and pretty also. I don't think to make soup too often in the spring/summer but you are inspiring me! I did make a soup earlier this spring that was loaded with seasonal veggies and I called it "Spring in a Bowl" - I think your soup might just be a sister to mine!

There was a weatherman here in our local tv channel who used to say I can bring rain or wind. Here rain is one thing we are missing now. Yes you are right, if there is hurricane coming weatherman gets excited too much. Spring soup looks awesome perfect. I love mushroom in any form.

Soup like this can make any rainy day better. I am bookmarking yet another of your lovely soup recipes! Thank you for sharing with me tonight...I'm sorry I've been gone so long! Your blog continues to bring a smile to my face. I hope you have a blessed Sunday!

I love the idea of a lighter spring soup and this one looks wonderful. I chuckled while reading about the tv weatherman - we have a newscaster like that here that delivers the most horrendous news with a smile...reminds me of a recent president of ours. :)

This is now one of my *favorite* soups. I love it! I changed it up a bit and posted here (with credit to you, of course!): http://www.dishingthedivine.com/2011/06/01/spring-mushroom-soup-with-aromatic-vegetables/

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